Clutch-operating mechanism



Muncie, in thev county of'Delawa-reand-State f `Patented Dec. 4, v1923.

UNITE-l 's CLARENQE e.

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To aZ-Z whom 'it Magcom/Jem.' v i Be it known thatV I, CLARENCEV GQ' Woon, 'a citizen of the AUnited States, ,residing at of indiana, have invented certainnew and r, useful Improvements ingu/lutch-Operatlng Mechanism, of which thel following `is al specification. i Y 1 Theinventionrelates to clutch operating mechanisms of the type wherein :pivoted levers are utilized for forcing clutch ele-y mentsV into frictional engagement, and Yhas for its object to provide bell-crank and'link` connections between the inner ends of operf atinglev'ers and a slidable cone, 'with which cone rollers carried by one [ofthe arms of the bell'crank levers engage. The cone forms i i means whereby oneof the arms of the bell crank levers and thellinks which connect said levers to the clutchoperating levers are moved towardsV alignment during fa clutch operatingmovement Yofrlthecone.

l/Vith the above and other objects in view the invention' resides in "the combinaion .andl arrangement of parts as hereinafter seti forth, shown in the drawings, .described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodimentof the invention may be made within the scopelofwhat is claimed without departing from the rspirit of the invention.V i In lthe drawingsz-` l V Figurel is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the clutch, showing the same in connection with av pulle y Figure 2 isa side elevation o the clutch and pulley showing thev operating mechanism. y

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a pulley and 2 a driven shaft on which the pulley 1 is mounted and 3 anti-frictional bearings on which the pulley rotates. The driven shaft 2 extends through the pulley 1 and has keyedl thereto at 4 a driven plate 5. The driven plate 5 rotates between friction discs 6 vduring the rotation of the shaft 2, and are adapted to' be forced into frictional engagement with each other and with the bottom 7 of the chamber 8 carried by the pulley 1 when the vpulley and terminate at points equally spaced from each Y other. Pivo-tally connected to the inner ends l.

connection y11 and 12,' asA clearly shown :in

Woon, orMUNcIn, INDIANA, AssrGNoa To Hoosrnn CLUTCH company, .f v

FigureL Pivotally connectedto the clampl ing plate 9 as at 1,3 are clamping levers'rllfsaid clamping levers being'provided with cam surfaces 15 which cooperate with! bevelled surfaces 16' of an adjusting ring '17. It will be seenthat when the inwardly eX- tending arms 18of 'thevvclamping levers 14 are forced inwardly that the j pulley Aand driven shaft 2' will' be frictionally enga-ged in sucht a manner Athat they will revolve to# gether. AlsoV that when the arms 18 ofthe f levers 14 are forced outwardly, that the pres-- sure on theV ring 9 will beV relieved,'thereby allowing the driven plate to freely between the friction discs 6L The arms 18 extendinwardly and curve rotate preferably at an arc greater than the radiusv i of the driven shaft 2, however saidarms of the arms 118 as at 19 are substantially longitudinally disposed links '20, thebuter ends of which are pivotally connected as at 21 to levers 22. rl`he levers22 are provided withshort arms 23'and long armsQl. The

short arms 23 are substantiallylongitudinally disposedin relation' to the clutch as to a ring 26 secured to the clutch: casing 27.

relationto the Vpivotal lpoints 19 and V25, that the arms 18 of the `levers 14: will be moved outwardly, thereby -moving the clamping plate 9 to inoperative position. However,

.l arwhole and are pivotally connected at' 25,1 f

1 `It will `be seen that when thepivotal points 21 `move'a-wayfrom an aligned position in` y it will lalso be seen that when the pivotal ,i point 21 is moved ina direction towards an' aligned position, with the pivotal points 19 and 25, that the levers 14 will be moved to an operative position, thereby forcing the clamping plate into ,.frictional engagement with the friction discs 6 and driven plate for frictionally holding the clutch' elements together.V To accomplish this. result the' arms 24 are provided with arcuate portions 28 which terminate invrollers 29, said rollersbeing disposed in engagement with a-Slidable operating cone 30. When the rollers 29 Y are in engagement Awith the cone surface 31 and the cone is being moved in the direction of the arrow a it will be seen that the piveV otal points 21 will be moved inthe direction of an aligned relation to the pivotal points 19 and 25, thereby engaging the clutch.

10.0VV l However before the points 21y reach aligned y p Vaxiallyl disposedV in relation to said clutch,

' Vpositions in relation` to the pivotal points 19 and 25 the rollers 29 pass from vthe cone surface'l onto the cylindrical portion 32 ofthe Voperating cone, v thereby holding, the i clamping levers in Aclamped"position is to be understood that the operating cone SOVmay beioperated in any manner, and fork purposesof illustrationit is shown slidable on a shaft v33, which is in axial align-` mentw-ith the. driven shaft' 2. 'lfheshaftsjV 2 and 33, maybethe same shaft or separate shafts, however they are preferably the'same;

shaft.; y I .i

.Y From tlieabove it will beseenthat anV operating mechanism for lever controlled clutchesfis provi ded,1whichmechanisin is and the ends ofthe concentric portions of Y simpleVV in construction and one wherein the levers 'are thrown to operative positions throughv the medium of' bell crank and'link connections'said bell cranks beingrockableon their ivotal noints b an oneratinocone.

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, Thei invention having been set forth whatV s claimed as new and useful is l. The `.combination with a clutch, said clutch comprising Ya casing, a shaftl extend-.f

bers,.said levers having arms vextending towardsthe shaft and terminating incurved portions concentric with .the shaft, of means for actuating s'aidlevers, said means coinprisiiig leverspivoted to the casing adjacent the sides of the shaft, longitudinally extending'arms carried by said last named levers, link connections between said arms thefirst Vmentioned levers, said casing-.piv-

, oted levers extending away from the casing and longitudinally in relation' to the shaft, and a Vcone slidably mounted'on `the shaft and cooperating with said last named levers.

2. The combination aclutch agshaft' a series of pivoted levers for actuating the Clutch,v Said levers having arms extending towards the shaftand terminati'ngin'cir` nally in Yrelation tothe shaft, vsaid means comprising links pivoted to said arms and extending longitudinally-in relationto the shaft, bell crank levers disposed to ,the sides' ofthe shaft, saidV bell 'crank levers being providednvith '-Vangularly disposed arms, one of said arms beingvpivotedfto the links Y' at. one oftheir ends 'and atrfiXed' points at `the other ends,l longitudinally extendingV arms carriedby saidy bell crankV levers, a I

slidable. .cone mountedv on the shaft, Aand rollers carried .by said longitudinally eX- 'tending arms and 'cooperating with the cone at a vpoint substantially at a right anglefto tlielpivotal points of the bell :crank levers.

3. y The combination with aclutoh, said clutchbein'g actuated by pivoted leversipiv-V voted at points radially .spaced fromV theY clutch axis, a shaft, the arms ofsaid levers extending circumferentially and terininaty ing atpointseinr relation to the shaft at 1 points at substantially. the same .anglein Vsubstantially right angles to their pivotal points, bell crank leverspivoted. at fixed` Y between the bell crank levers and the actu- 'ating levers, said bell .crank levers cooperating with the'cone at points at substantiallyv the same angle inrelation to the shaftias thel pivotal :points ofthe VfirstV mentionedl 'Y 'gf 

